(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President Muhammadu Buhari has emerged the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS. Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this in a message posted on his verified Twitter handle, @BashirAhmaad. Ahmad posted Tuesday: “President @MBuhari emerges as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS.” Similarly, a press statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kwara State Tuesday staged an anti-Saraki protest to the party’s National secretariat in Abuja, asking its National Working Committee NWC to expel President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. The protesters, who hailed the dissolution of Kwara State APC EXCO, by the NWC, […]
Photo: APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – When we wrote much earlier that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party was a coalition of strange bedfellows and a one-chance special purpose vehicle to get rid of President Goodluck Jonathan by all and any means possible, we were accused of sour grapes. When we […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen with Agency Report …Bolaji Abdullahi Dispels Defection Rumour (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Exactly a week after the gale of defection hit the National Assembly NASS, the Senate President Bukola Saraki and his political son – Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatai Ahmed have dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pride and pearl of the Nigerian Hospitality Industry, Transcorp Hotels Plc. (“Transcorp Hotels”) has announced its Unaudited Financial Statements for the period ended June 30, 2018. The company showed significant growth over same period last year recording a turnover of N8.01billion, Profit Before Tax of N2.02 billion and Earning Per Share […]
…As Lai Mohammed Describes Sacked Exco Members as ‘Double Agents’ (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday dissolved the executive committee of the party in Kwara State. The decision was taken by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), which also asked a caretaker committee led by Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa to run the party pending […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s new social media tax will damage business and the economy and cool investor interest in its new IT sector that has wooed global giants Facebook and Google, industry executives said on Monday. Long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, 73, has touted the levy as necessary to deter Ugandans from using social media for […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the Imo State House of Assembly has impeached the embattled deputy governor of the state, Prince Eze Madumere. The latter who has been at loggerhead with the state governor, Rochas Okorocha over his governorship ambition was impeached Monday evening at exactly 4.52pm, by 9 out of […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All progressive Grand Alliance APGA to contest the gubernatorial seat. AFRICAN EXAMINER recalled that Ohakim, who became Governor under the platform of Progressive People’s Alliance, PPA, but later decamped to […]
Photo: Former Ogun State Deputy Governor Senator Adegbenga Kaka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ogun State Deputy Governor, Senator Adegbenga Kaka, has declared his intention to join the governorship race. Senator Kaka who served as Deputy to former Governor Olusegun Osoba while declaring his intention Monday at the State’s secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists […]
…As Gov. Dickson Launches Safe Motherhood Initiative (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government is set to hold the first summit on Infant and maternal mortality in Yenagoa on Tuesday. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Tuesday that the Governor of the state, the Honorable Henry Seriake […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eritrea and Somalia have taken up diplomatic relations after 15 years of hostility, the two East African nations said Monday. The thawing of relations comes after Somalia’s president on Saturday began a three-day visit to Eritrea in a bid to normalize relations. According to a joint statement, both countries plan to take […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has assured that it would soon commence the last evacuation of Nigerian football fans stranded in Russia after 2018 World Cup Tournament. The Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow, Russia, said this in a statement made available to newsmen by its First Secretary, Mr Desmond Nwosu, on Sunday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said Sunday night that he was not bothered about the defections in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The President, who was responding to a question during an interactive session with the Nigerian community in Togo at the Nigerian Embassy, Lome, said most Nigerians appreciated the performance of his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vanguard for the Protection of Rights of Women (VPRW) on Sunday condemned the sexual crimes of a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC and alleged serial rapist, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, against women in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. A Magistrates’ court in Yenagoa, presided over by E. T. Empire-Ugwa, remanded Kpodo, had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has announced a major cabinet shakeup in which nine Commissioners and two Special Advisers lost their jobs. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, the Secretary to the State Government. Abdullahi said the cabinet reshuffle took immediate effect. However, he explained that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker, Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, has said that 15 persons were kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. Rikiji told newsmen in Gusau on Sunday that there is need for the government to urgently tackle the security challenges of the state. […]
…Alleges Plot to Cause Insecurity & Destabilize Bayelsa State (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has raised the alarm over the recent decision of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to post four Commissioners of Police to Bayelsa State in less than two weeks. The Secretary General of the IYC, Mr. […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is anticipated that less than a year to the 2019 general elections, political activities have taken various lively but intriguing dimensions. After a long waiting which ignited many speculations, what may be considered as the window of more political realignments still […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Deputy senate president, Chief Ike Ekweremadu has expressed worry over the alleged alarming rate of human rights abuses and disrespect for rule of law by President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressive Congress led Federal Government. He equally decried the incessant killings in parts of Nigeria, saying […]
